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Bartenura on Mishnah Maasrot Chapter 4

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הַכּוֹבֵשׁ. יְרָקוֹת אוֹ זֵיתִים בְּחֹמֶץ אוֹ בְיַיִן, וְכֵן הַשּׁוֹלֵק אוֹ הַמּוֹלֵחַ, אַף בַּשָּׂדֶה חַיָּב. שֶׁהָאוּר וְהַמֶּלַח וְהַמִּקָּח וְהַתְּרוּמָה וְהַשַּׁבָּת וְהֶחָצֵר הַמִּשְׁתַּמֶּרֶת, כָּל אֶחָד מֵאֵלּוּ קוֹבֵעַ לַמַּעֲשֵׂר:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

הכובש (press/pickle) – vegetables or olives with vinegar or with wine, and similarly who boils or salts, even in the field he is obligated [to tithe]. For the flame and the salt and the business transaction and the heave-offering and the Sabbath and the courtyard guard it, each one of these establishes [the liability] for tithing.

הַמְכַמֵּן בָּאֲדָמָה. הַמַּטְמִין פֵּרוֹת תַּחַת הַקַּרְקַע כְּדֶרֶךְ שֶׁרְגִילִין לְהַטְמִין פֵּרוֹת שֶׁאֵין מְבֻשָּׁלִים כָּל צָרְכָּן כְּדֵי שֶׁיִּתְבַּשְּׁלוּ:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

המכמן באדמה (hide fruits in the ground) – he who stores away produce under the ground in the manner that they customarily hide fruit that are not ripened all their need in order that they can [fully] ripen.

וְהַמְטַבֵּל. פֵּרוֹת בְּמֶלַח אוֹ בְצִיר אוֹ בְחֹמֶץ וְאוֹכֵל, פָּטוּר, וְאֵינוֹ קוֹבֵעַ לַמַּעֲשֵׂר כְּמוֹ הַכּוֹבֵשׁ אוֹ הַמּוֹלֵחַ, אֶלָּא אוֹכֵל מֵהֶן אֲכִילַת עֲרַאי וּפָטוּר מִן הַמַּעֲשֵׂר:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

והמטבל (and one who seasons) – produce with salt or with brine or with vinegar and consumes it is exempt [from giving tithes], and it does not establish it [as liable] for tithing like one who pickles or salts, but rather, he eats from them an incidental meal/snack and is exempt from tithing.

הַפּוֹצֵעַ זֵיתִים. מְמַעֵךְ וְכוֹתֵשׁ אוֹתָם כְּדֵי שֶׁיֵּצֵא הַשְּׂרָף, דְּהַיְנוּ הַמְּרִירוּת שֶׁלָּהֶן:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

הפוצע זיתים – crushes and pounds hem in order that their vegetable sap/resin should depart, which is their bitterness.

הַסּוֹחֵט זֵיתִים עַל בְּשָׂרוֹ. לָסוּךְ גּוּפוֹ:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

הסוחט זיתים על בשרו – to rub his body.

לְתוֹךְ יָדוֹ חַיָּב. דְּמַה שֶּׁנָּתַן לְתוֹךְ יָדוֹ נֶחְשָׁב כְּאִלּוּ נָתַן לְתוֹךְ בּוֹר קָטָן, דְּהַיְנוּ הַחֲפִירָה שֶׁהַיַּיִן וְהַשֶּׁמֶן יוֹרְדִים בָּהּ:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

לתוך ידו חייב – for what he put into his hand is considered as if he put it into a small pit, which is that pit that the wine and the oil descend into.

הַמְקַפֶּה לְתַבְשִׁיל. הַשּׁוֹלֶה פְּסֹלֶת שֶׁמַּעֲלֶה הַיַּיִן בְּעֵת רְתִיחָתוֹ נִקְרָא מְקַפֶּה, וְאִם אַחַר שֶׁנָּתַן יַיִן בַּתַּבְשִׁיל הֵסִיר מֵעָלָיו הַחַרְצַנִּים וְהַזַּגִּים הַצָּפִין לְמַעְלָה, קִפּוּי עֲרַאי הוּא זֶה וְאֵינוֹ קוֹבֵעַ לַמַּעֲשֵׂר כִּשְׁאָר מְקַפֶּה יַיִן בְּעַלְמָא. וּבְתַבְשִׁיל צוֹנֵן אַיְרֵי, דְּאִי בְּתַבְשִׁיל רוֹתֵחַ הָא אָמְרִינַן שֶׁהָאוּר קוֹבַעַת לַמַּעֲשֵׂר, וּבְלֹא הַקְפָּאָה הָיָה נִקְבַּע לַמַּעֲשֵׂר מֵחֲמַת הָאוּר:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

המקפה לתבשיל (he skims [a ladle of wine for use] in a stew) – he draws refuse that the wine brings up at the time of its boiling is called pulp, and if after he placed the wine in the cooked dish , he removed from it the exterior husks and the interior pomace that float above, this is the incidental froth and does not establish [liability for] tithing like the rest of the froth of wine in general, and we are speaking regarding a cold cooked dish, for itf it was a boiling cooked dish, we would say that the flame established [the liability for tithing, and without the froth, it would be established [liable for] tithing , on account of he flame.

לִקְדֵרָה. רֵיקָנִית, קֹדֶם שֶׁנָּתַן לְתוֹכָהּ הַתַּבְשִׁיל נָתַן בְּתוֹכָהּ יַיִן וְהִקְפָּהוּ, הֲוָה לֵיהּ כִּמְקַפֶּה בְּבוֹר קָטָן וְחַיָּב:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

לקדרה – an empty [pot], before that he put into it the cooked dish, he placed in it the wine and skimmed it, it wold be like he is skimming in a small pit and he is liable [for tithing].

תִּינוֹקוֹת שֶׁטָּמְנוּ תְאֵנִים. בַּשָּׂדֶה, דְּאִי בַּבַּיִת, בְּלֹא שַׁבָּת בַּיִת קוֹבַעַת. וְנָקַט תִּינוֹקוֹת לְאַשְׁמוּעִינַן דְּיֵשׁ לָהֶם מַחֲשָׁבָה הַנִּכֶּרֶת מִתּוֹךְ מַעֲשֵׂיהֶם:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

תינוקות שטמנו תאנים – in the field, for if it were in the house, not on Shabbat, the house would establish it [for liability] for tithing. And it (i.e., the Mishnah) took [the word] “children/תינוקות “ to inform us that they have a recognized thought-pattern through their actions.

לֹא יֹאכְלוּ לְמוֹצָאֵי שַׁבָּת. דְּכֵיוָן שֶׁקְּבַעְתָּן שַׁבָּת לַמַּעֲשֵׂר אֲסוּרִים לְעוֹלָם עַד שֶׁיִּתְעַשְּׂרוּ:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

לא יאכלו למוצ"ש – for since the Sabbath established them for [liability for] tithing, it is forbidden forever until they tithe.

כַּלְכַּלַת שַׁבָּת. כַּלְכָּלָה מְלֵאָה פֵּרוֹת שֶׁיִּחֲדָהּ לַשַּׁבָּת:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

כלכלת שבת – a basket filled with chosen fruits designated for use on Shabbat.

וּבֵית הִלֵּל מְחַיְּבִין. בַּמַּעֲשֵׂר מִיָּד אֲפִלּוּ קֹדֶם הַשַּׁבָּת, דְּכֵיוָן שֶׁיִּחֲדָהּ לַשַּׁבָּת הֻקְבְּעָה מִיָּד:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

וב"ה מחייבין – [to be liable for] tithing immediately, even prior to the sabbath, for since they were designated for the Sabbath, they were established [as liable for tithing] immediately.

לִשְׁלֹחַ לַחֲבֵרוֹ. נִטְבַּל מִיָּד, וְלֹא יֹאכַל עֲרַאי עַד שֶׁיְּעַשֵּׂר, וַאֲפִלּוּ לֹא שְׁלָחָהּ, לְפִי שֶׁכֵּיוָן שֶׁיִּחֲדָהּ לְשָׁלְחָהּ הוּא מַקְפִּיד עָלֶיהָ כְּמוֹ בְּכַלְכַּלַת שַׁבָּת. וְאֵין הֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי יְהוּדָה:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

לשלוח לחבירו – it was made iiable for setting aside of tithes immediately, and he may not eat an incidental meal until he tithes, and even if they had not been sent, because since he designated it to be sent, he is stringent upon it like with a basket designated for the Sabbath, but the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Yehuda.

הַמַּעֲטָן. מָקוֹם שֶׁצּוֹבְרִין שָׁם הַזֵּיתִים כְּדֵי שֶׁיִּתְרַכְּכוּ וְיִהְיוּ רְאוּיוֹת לְהוֹצִיא שַׁמְנָן:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

המעטן (vat or pit where olives are packed until they form a viscid mass) – place where pile upolives in order that they are softened and appropriate to extract their oil.

טוֹבֵל אֶחָד אֶחָד בְּמֶלַח. שֶׁאֵין קוֹבֵעַ אֶלָּא בְמֶלַח וְצֵרוּף שְׁתַּיִם, הִלְכָּךְ אִם מָלַח וְנָתַן לְפָנָיו חַיָּב:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

טובל אחד אחד במלח – for it does not establish [as liable for tithing] other than with salt and in a combination of two, therefore, if he salted it and placed it before him, he is liable [for tithing].

מִן הַמַּעֲטָן הַטָּהוֹר חַיָּב. וּכְגוֹן שֶׁהָאָדָם הַנּוֹטְלָן טָמֵא, שֶׁאִי אֶפְשָׁר לוֹ לְהַחֲזִיר אֶת הַמּוֹתָר, שֶׁכְּבָר נִטְמְאוּ כָּל אוֹתָן שֶׁנָּטַל בְּיָדוֹ:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

מן המעטן הטהור חייב – as, for example, that a person who takes them is ritually impure, for it is impossible for him to return the surplus, for all those that he has taken have become ritually defiled in his hand.

מִן הַטָּמֵא פָּטוּר. שֶׁכֵּיוָן שֶׁהַמַּעֲטָן כֻּלּוֹ טָמֵא [וְהָאָדָם] הַנּוֹטְלָן טָמֵא הֲרֵי הוּא מַחֲזִיר אֶת הַנּוֹתָר:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

מן הטמא פטור – for since the vat/pit where the olives are packed is all ritually impure [and the person] who takes them is ritually impure, he is return the surplus.

שׁוֹתִין עַל הַגַּת. וּכְגוֹן שֶׁהִכְנִיס שָׁם רֹאשׁוֹ וְרֻבּוֹ, דְּלֵיכָּא לְמִגְזָר שֶׁמָּא יָבִיא הַכְּלִי אֵלָיו וְיִשְׁתֶּה חוּץ לַגַּת, דְּחוּץ לַגַּת הֲוֵי קֶבַע וְאָסוּר לִשְׁתּוֹת:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

שותין על הגת – and as for example, when he brought his head and most of his body inside, for one cannot make a decree lest he bring the utensil to him and he drinks outside of the winepress.

בֵּין עַל הַחַמִּין. בֵּין שֶׁמָּזַג הַיַּיִן בְּחַמִּין, בֵּין שֶׁמְּזָגוֹ בְצוֹנֵן:

רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר בְּרַבִּי צָדוֹק מְחַיֵּב. דְּגָזַר שֶׁמָּא יוֹצִיא מִן הַיַּיִן חוּץ לַגַּת:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

ר"א ב"ר צדוק מחייב – for he decreed lest he he take out from wine outside of the winepress.

עַל הַחַמִּין חַיָּב. שֶׁהוּא קוֹבֵעַ, לְפִי שֶׁאֵינוֹ יָכוֹל לְהַחֲזִיר הַמּוֹתָר, שֶׁיְּקַלְקֵל הַיַּיִן שֶׁבַּגַּת, אֲבָל מָזַג בְּצוֹנֵן פָּטוּר, שֶׁיָּכוֹל לְהַחֲזִיר הַמּוֹתָר. וַהֲלָכָה כַּחֲכָמִים:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

על החמין חייב – which establishes it [as liable for tithing], because e is not able to return the surplus for he has ruined the wine that is in the winepress, but if he poured with cold [wine], he exempt for he can return the surplus, and the Halakha is according to the Sages.

הַמְקַלֵּף. מֵסִיר קְלִפָּתָן:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

המקלף – he removes their husks.

מְקַלֵּף אַחַת אַחַת. שְׂעוֹרָה אַחַת. וְדַוְקָא כְּשֶׁאֵינוֹ סָמוּךְ לַגֹּרֶן, אֲבָל אִם הָיָה סָמוּךְ לַגֹּרֶן אֲפִלּוּ קִלֵּף יוֹתֵר פָּטוּר, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהוּא מַחֲזִיר אֶת הַמּוֹתָר:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

מקלף אחת אחת – one piece of barley and especially when he is not near the threshing floor/granary, but if he was near the threshing floor/granary, even if he peeled more, he is exempt [from liability for tithing] because he can return the surplus.

הַמּוֹלֵל מְלִילוֹת. הַמְהַבְהֵב שִׁבֳּלִין בָּאוּר וּמְמַעֲכָן בְּיָדוֹ לְהָסִיר הַפְּסֹלֶת:

מְנַפֶּה. לְהַפְרִיחַ הַמֹּץ:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

מנפה [winnows] – to produce the chaff.

מִיָּד לְיָד. מְנַעֲרָן מִיָּדוֹ אַחַת לְיָדוֹ הָאַחֶרֶת:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

מיד ליד – he empties them from one hand to the other hand [and eats them without tithing].

יַרְקָהּ פָּטוּר. שֶׁהַזֶּרַע עִקָּר, וְיַרְקָהּ לֹא חָשִׁיב אֶלָּא אִם כֵּן כִּוֵּן לְיָרָק:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

ירקה פטור - for the seed is the essence and the herb (foliage/leaves) is not considered [important for tithing] unless he intended to use the herbs (foliage/leaves) [if they are to be eaten].

מִתְעַשֶּׂרֶת זֶרַע וְיָרָק. חַיָּב לְעַשֵּׂר, בֵּין אָכַל הַזֶּרַע, בֵּין אָכַל הֶעָלִין יָרָק כְּמוֹת שֶׁהֵן:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

מתעשרת זרע וירק – he is liable to tithe whether he ate the seed or whether he ate the leaves, the foliage as they exist.

הַשֶּׁבֶת. כָּךְ שְׁמָהּ בַּעֲרָבִי, וּבְלַעַ"ז אניט"ו:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

השבת (dill)– such is its name in Arabic and in the foreign tongue ANITO.

וְזֵירִים. זְמוֹרוֹת. וַאֲפִלּוּ זְרָעָהּ סְתָם מִתְעַשֶּׂרֶת זֶרַע וְיָרָק וְזֵירִים, לְפִי שֶׁהַשֶּׁבֶת עוֹשָׂה זְמוֹרוֹת אֲרֻכּוֹת. אֲבָל הַכֻּסְבָּר אֵינָהּ מִתְעַשֶּׂרֶת זֵירִים אֶלָּא אִם כֵּן זְרָעָהּ תְּחִלָּה לְזֵירִים:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

וזירים (pods) – vine-shoots, and even if he merely sowed, he tithes the seed, the herb {foliage/leaves) and the pods, because dills make long vine-shoots , but the coriander, one does no tithe the pods unless he sowed first for the pods.

אֵינוֹ מִתְעַשֵּׂר זֶרַע וְיָרָק. אִם זָרַע סְתָם וְלֹא פֵרֵשׁ:

הַשְּׁחָלִים. בַּעֲרָבִי חב אל שאר, וּבְלַעַ"ז קרישו"ן:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

השחלים (cress) – in Arabic HAB AT SHAR, and in the foreign tongue, KRISHON.

הַגַּרְגִּיר. כָּךְ שְׁמוֹ בַּעֲרָבִי, וּבְלַעַ"ז אירוג"א. וַהֲלָכָה כַּחֲכָמִים:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

הגרגיר – this is its name in Arabic, and in the foreign tongue, IROGA, and the Halakha is according to the Sages.

הַתְּמָרוֹת שֶׁל תִּלְתָּן. יֵשׁ מְפָרְשִׁים לוּלָבֵי תִלְתָּן, כְּעֵין שֶׁיֵּשׁ לַגְּפָנִים, וְהֵן נֶאֱכָלִים. וְיֵשׁ מְפָרְשִׁים כְּשֶׁמַּתְחִיל הַגִּבְעוֹל לִצְמֹחַ נִרְאֶה בִּמְקוֹם צְמִיחָתוֹ כְּמִין גַּרְגִּיר עָב וְנִקְרָא תְּמָרָה, כִּדְאָמְרִינַן [סֻכָּה לג.] גַּבֵּי הֲדַס נִקְטַם רֹאשׁוֹ וְעָלְתָה בוֹ תְּמָרָה. וּבְתִלְתָּן וְחַרְדָּל וּפוֹל הַלָּבָן חֲשׁוּבִין אֹכֶל:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

התמרות של תלתן – there are those who explain it as sprouts of fenugreek, similar to what vines have and they are eaten. And there are those wo interpret that when the calyx/capsule of plants begins to grow, it appears in the place of its growth like a sort of thick berry, and it is called a fruit-like excrescence on leaves, berry as we state [Tractate Sukkah 33a] concerning the myrtle whose head is lopped off and an excrescence ascended upon it, and on fenugreek and mustard seed and white bean, they are considered food.

הַצָּלָף. בְּלַעַ"ז קאפר"י:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

הצלף (caper-bush/tree) – KAPRI – in the foreign language.

תְּמָרוֹת. לוּלָבִין שֶׁבּוֹ, וְיֵשׁ מְפָרְשִׁים הַפֶּרַח:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

תמרות – the sprouts that are on it, and there are those who interpret, the flower.

אֲבִיּוֹנוֹת. הוּא עִקַּר הַפְּרִי, וְקַפְרִיסִין הוּא שׁוֹמֵר הַפְּרִי:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

האביונות (caper-tree/caper berry) – which is the essence of the fruit, and the flowers of the caper-bush which protect the fruit.

רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא וְכוּ'. וַהֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי עֲקִיבָא:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

ר"ע וכו' – and the Halakha is according to Rabbi Akiva.

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